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Yes the bread will push your levels up, if you're using novorapid it'll peak 1-2 hours after injecting where it has maximum effect then tapers off after up to 5 hours, it varies depending on the insulin type.

Bury your head in the sand, be prepared to pay the ultimate price. Yes it's difficult, but this is a continuous education. Learn about your medication, learn about food, learn how this affects your body. Who says its easy, i inject 6 times a day, do 6 to 9 blood tests a day, log in an...

Terrible, some out there have severe adverse reactions to very low blood sugars, other times it can catch any one of us off guard. Must be traumatic for the family

If you read up on medical journals insulin has a cycle which varys with each type of insulin. I think lantus can peak between 2 to 5 hours after injecting then the next 15 hours it gradually tails off

Well done and a big congrats on living with it for 50 years. How do they verify when you were diagnosed to get the medal, do they have to validate this with your hospital or GP surgery?

Congratulations, quarter century. Keep it in check as much as possible. I've managed 30 years in February, still here at 42.

It's the same old ****, it doesn't change how ever many years you've managed it. You'll get through these tough patches. Keep testing and injecting, bit by bit try to understand it. Self education goes a lot further than what a doctor can tell you in 10minutes.

You'll be fine, acknowledging it is the first step, so very well done.

Back to your question, keep a diary. Using an electronic one, it is a good monitoring tool. It makes it easier to manage but the real issue here same when i was growing up with diabetes is that you got to be on it all the time. As soon as you accept that notion then you can get on with life...

No matter what, you must inject and test your blood daily regardless of circumstances. Good or bad results, you must test and inject so that there is some degree of control. I've been type 1 since your age, thats almost 29 years now. My doc when i was a teenager tried shock tactics with me...

About 5 out of 6 injections per day I'll change the needle. I just order loads from the doc. Had my phases several years ago, i would change the needle only when I changed the insulin cartridge. Thing is needles start to go blunt and you damage or bruise your skin injecting. Considering I...

DP is not the correct term. It is part of the daily cortisol cycle which in turn triggers a process called gluconeogenesis where the liver secretes glucose as a result of increased cortisol just before waking, hence increasing blood sugar levels to start the day.

All the usual, Insulin Blood test meter Biscuits for any hypo, always have food with me. My Galaxy phone for electronic diary

So I can re-engage in flying lessons again if i want to change career

That figures then, because i took my lessons in 2011

I took about 5 hours flying lessons a few years back and read up on flying commercially with type 1 the bottom line i found was that i wasn't allowed to work as a commercial pilot if i got my pilots licence. This might be different if you are already an established commercial pilot, but...

I didn't think type 1 could be a commercial pilot due to risk, co-pilot and other aviation jobs are permitted I know as type 1's we can get a pilots licence but that is only to fly in a private capacity.

22mmol???! Thats putting a lot of stress on your body and heart. Shoot up some insulin, exercise, do something. Don't let this diabetes consume you, you're better than that. Depression comes with swings in blood sugar levels i find, usually when its low with me.

Well done Dustydog. You have 22 years on my time, seems like you're all in good health [emoji4]

I've thought about this myself with issues potentially down to diabetes after almost 30 years post diagnosis. Then I thought some things are just going to get more sketchy with age, I've had memory issues in my late 30's, down to stress/mind wandering. And yes it does happen when blood sugars...